The total strains don't have to be calculated. Go ahead and make an excel sheet with the total strains in a column. That means, you could start with 0 and add 0.0001 in every row (although I would suggest to start with the maximum linear elastic strain (let's call it "eps_lim"), since the...
Thank you Mustaine3 and FEAway, for your answers!
@FEAway, it looks like there was a misunderstanding. I'm using the approach with a BoundingCylinder instead of your proposed BoundingBox. The BoundingCylinder has the length l, so it extends with the length of the model and all instances are...
Hello everyone,
although I'm getting a little bit better with the whole python and scripting thing in general, I'm still far from an expert and struggling with some things. [sad]
In my assembly, I have several lateral reinforcement bars. They are applied via a linear pattern in 3-direction and...
I guess, that was the misconception. I thought, it would select all edges being touched by the box/sphere/cylinder.
I think I'll go with the option where I substract the short edges with bounding boxes for now.
Solid advice as always, Mustaine3. Thank you! Have a great weekend!
Hello there,
I'm learning Abaqus scripting with the Abaqus scripting reference guide. Not a beginner in Abaqus, but the scripting part is pretty new to me.
To apply local seeds to a flange, I'd like to select edges along the Z-direction of my part. It does work with the findAt command...
You got that right and I'm aware of the fact, that the equilibrium step causes little deformations. The thing is, I want to seperate the cases that lead to a lower buckling load. On the one hand, I have imperfections caused by the out-of-straightness of the sheet metals. On the other hand I have...
Thank you. This is basically it and the video helped me with the keyword placing. I've obviously been wrong and my keywords were misplaced for the combined model. I placed them in the order where I wanted them to be executed. So: Initial stress before the static step and *imperfections at the...
Hello everyone,
I'm currently working on buckling analysis of steel columns. I performed a simple linear buckling analysis as a linear perturbation step and let abaqus write the node displacements of the first Eigenform into a node-File via *NODE FILE keyword. My initial geometric imperfections...
